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TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1985
RE-EXPORTS
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN RE-EXPORTS TO CHINA (BY $10 081 MILLION OR 158 PER CENT), U.S.A. (BY $788 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT), JAPAN (BY $404 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT), MACAU (BY $192 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT), ITALY (BY $85 MILLION OR 105 PER CENT), PHILIPPINES (BY $76 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT), FRANCE (BY $68 MILLION OR 56 PER CENT) AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (BY $62 MILLION OR SIX PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS TO INDONESIA (BY $368 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT) AND SINGAPORE (BY $259 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT).
MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $2 039 MILLION OR 221 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES, AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY $1 342 MILLION OR 56 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $1 278 MILLION OR 216 PER CENT) AND TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS, MADE UP ARTICLES AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $1 056 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT). DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN RE-EXPORTS OF VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (BY $124 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT), FEEDING STUFF FOR ANIMALS (NOT INCLUDING UNMILLED CEREALS) BY $58 MILLION OR 66 PER CENT) AND FERTILIZERS MANUFACTURED (BY $64 MILLION OR 95 PER CENT).
(RELEVANT TABLES ARE SET OUT BELOW)
THE APRIL 1985 ISSUE OF THE HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS - SUMMARY+ WILL BE AVAILABLE LATER THIS MONTH AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT $5 PER COPY. A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT +HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE+, WITH A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS IN APRIL 1985 WILL BE AVAILABLE IN EARLY JULY 1985 AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT $13 PER COPY.
ENQUIRIES CONCERNING SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THESE REPORTS MAY BE DI RECTED TO THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT BASKERVILLE HOUSE, HONG KONG (TEL, NO. : 5-214375). ENQUIRIES CONCERING TRADE STATISTICS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO. : 5-444436).
FOLLOWING ARE THE TABLES:
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